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December 2019 | SMITHSONIAN.COM 15

By

Amy Crawford

Shaikh Zain ud-Din’s Brahminy Starling with Two Antheraea Moths, Caterpillar, and Cocoon on
an Indian Jujube Tree was originally part of an album commissioned by his British patrons.